Women’s Suffrage Movement
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How did women get the vote?
Bring local history and national change to life in your classroom with this newly developed resource designed especially for Key Stage 2.
Packed with real historic sources, replica objects, and two ready‑to‑use activities, the box helps pupils explore the suffragettes, the suffragists, and the dramatic events that took place in Newcastle in 1909.
Perfect for enquiry‑based learning, it supports pupils to investigate evidence and build historical understanding!
Box contents:
Newspaper 1868)
Sampler
Ink pot, pen and letter
First women's suffrage petition painting
Millicent Garett Fawcett framed photograph
Teacup and saucer
Map of the Great Pilgrimage (1913)
Emmeline Pankhurst photograph
Rosette
Defaced penny
Votes for women banner
Postcard (1908)
Feeding funnel, tube and WSPU poster
Postcard of suffragettes meeting at Redcar (1909)
Small tin of chalk and photo
Case files and objects:
Ethel Williams: Nike statuette, poster/photograph
Emily Wilding-Davison: Votes for Women sash, photograph of Epsom Derby accident
Kathleen Brown: Holloway brooch
Rosa May Billinghurst: Padlock and chain
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: Diamond ring
Battle of Newcastle: Police report, stone, Lady Lytton's quote
Kenton Train Station Arson Attack: Hurricane lamp
Watch scenes from a Suffragette demonstration in Newcastle on film HERE
Ideal for upper Key Stage 2, and 3
